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UN Humanitarian Chief Valerie Amos has concluded a three day visit to Iraq where she witnessed first-hand the terrible humanitarian toll wrought by the violence and fear that has gripped the country.
“There is a serious humanitarian crisis in Iraq […] brought on by the violence and brutality...

When Nabil Nasher and his family returned to their home in Kheyar village in northern Yemen in August, it was already too late to farm. To support his family, 40-year-old Nasher was forced to sell qat, a popular narcotic chewed by many people in Yemen. He now earns only US$4 per day.
Nasher was able to...

Hundreds of thousands of Iraqis are in urgent need of humanitarian assistance, including protection, shelter, food and health care, according to a senior OCHA official who is on the ground in northern Iraq.
Speaking over the phone to a UN press briefing in New York, Kieran Dwyer, OCHA’s Director of...

The United Nations and its humanitarian partners are stepping up their efforts to support those who have escaped Mount Sinjar. This comes as the Secretary-General urged the international community to do more to protect the lives of thousands of people still trapped on the mountain.
“Thousands have...

Aid agencies and residents are helping thousands of people who have arrived in the city of Erbil in recent days, fleeing the advancing forces of the Islamic State. These people have fled their homes and land in Sinjar and the Ninewa Plains near the border with Syria.
"Everyone has left, including...